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Tag: GDPR

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Recent preliminary ruling from the Court of Justice of the European Union interprets net neutrality rules for the first time.

Recent preliminary ruling from the Court of Justice of the European Union, taken in relation to a decision against Telenor Telecommunications company, interprets net neutrality rules for the first time.   The CJEU issued their preliminary ruling after the Hungarian National Media and Communication Office found the ‘zero tariff’ packages offered by  Telenor, an internet

CPS Advisory fined for unauthorized cold calls

CPS Advisory faces ICO fine for making more than 100,000 unauthorized pension-related direct marketing calls.    As technological advances, globalization—and now worldwide health & safety threats (such as COVID-19)—continue to catapult our world further into the remote sphere, more and more businesses are turning to cold calling and other such distanced customer engagement methods to

Hungarian DPA fined Forbes for GDPR violation.

Hungarian DPA fined Forbes for failing to carry out a legitimate interest assessment in relation to two of their publications and to inform data subjects in advance about the results.   The Hungarian DPA came to a decision this July, to fine Forbes for violating various articles of the GDPR with regard to two of

Complaints against Google and Facebook lead to investigations by the European Center for Digital Rights.

Complaints against Google and Facebook lead to investigations by the European Center for Digital Rights, for data transfers which violate the GDPR.    Complaints were filed against Google and Facebook in several EU countries for an alleged violation of the GDPR. As a result, the European Center for Digital Rights (noyb) has launched a series

Twitter Data Case Dispute: European Union privacy regulators conflicted over how much, or whether—to fine, over last year’s data breach.

Twitter Data Case Dispute between European Union privacy regulators, causing delay in the progress of the most advanced cross-border privacy case involving a U.S. tech company under the GDPR. The Twitter data case dispute, disclosed in a statement from Ireland’s Data Protection Commission, is one of the first major tests for enforcement of the GDPR.

Age Appropriate Design Code will come into force in less than a month.

Age Appropriate Design Code will come into force September 2nd 2020, and will be ushered in by a 12-month transition period allowing online services time to conform. The Age Appropriate Design Code which we had initially reported on back in January when the final version of this code was first introduced, has now completed the

EU-US Privacy Shield invalidation business implications follow-up

Since the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) invalidated the EU-US Privacy Shield in their Schrems II judgement delivered two weeks ago, many questions have arisen around international data transfers to the US. After the invalidation of the EU-US Privacy Shield by the CJEU two weeks ago, as reported by Aphaia, data transfers

European Commission Released Communication on transition between EU and UK.

The European Commission released a statement detailing the implications of the transition between the EU and UK.    As the UK comes to the end of its transitory period from the EU to the end of this year, the European Commission has released communication assessing the country’s readiness for separation from the region. The withdrawal

AI Ethics and Real Estate: Further considerations for best practices.

The importance of upholding AI ethics in the world of real estate is essential to maintaining integrity in the industry as AI systems are incorporated in its processes.   Earlier this month we explored the importance of AI ethics in the real estate industry in ensuring its ability to function within regulation, while being of

The CCPA Enforcement Date for employment information and business-to-business data may be pushed back to January 1, 2022.

The CCPA Enforcement date may be pushed back to January 1, 2022 when it comes to employment and business-to-business data, rather than the initially scheduled January 1, 2021.   The California Consumer Privacy Act of 2018 or CCPA, originally enacted in 2018, was set to be enforced as of July 1, 2020, after the required